"Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRQF-WWP : accessed 22 April 2015), Benjamin L. Shelton and Elizabeth R. Roane, 18 Sep 1840; citing Amherst County, Virginia, reference p 363; FHL microfilm 30,273.
"United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M88L-BFS : accessed 22 April 2015), Elizabeth Shelton in household of Benjamin S Shelton, Amherst county, part of, Amherst, Virginia, United States; citing family 800, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1860," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4B1-KSF : accessed 22 April 2015), E R Shelton in household of Benjamin L Shelton, [Blank], Amherst, Virginia, United States; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing p. 152, household ID 1119, NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 805,332.
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